Any visitor to the ASAS Web site (http://www.asas.org/) has access to the tables of contents, abstracts, and implications sections for all Journal of Animal Science (JAS) articles in our archive (currently, January 1995 to the present).
How does my institution gain access to JAS Online?
To initiate institutional online access to JAS, a library representative must complete and return the required Institutional Electronic Access Agreement (IEAA). If your institution already renewed your print subscription, ask the librarian to complete and return the IEAA to ASAS so your institutional online access request can be processed. Note that online access is not a separate subscription option, but rather is a privilege offered to libraries with current print subscriptions. Access cannot be granted until an IEAA form has been completed and sent to ASAS headquarters.
If your institution does not currently subscribe to JAS but would like to do so, complete and fax or mail an Institutional Subscription Application and an IEAA to begin your subscription and electronic access. After we receive payment and a completed subscription form and IEAA we will activate the institution’s online access. All subscriptions are for the calendar year; prorated subscriptions for portions of a calendar year are not permissible.
Note: A completed IEAA and payment must be received before an institution will receive electronic access. After the IEAA is processed, the institution will have access via IP address. This process can take up to 3 weeks. The Institutional Electronic Access Agreement can be downloaded from the ASAS Web site or mailed or faxed to you from ASAS Headquarters.
Please also refer to our General Terms and Conditions for further information.
How much does institutional access cost?
Electronic access to JAS is available at no additional charge to institutions
who subscribe to the print version of JAS; please see "Subscription
Information" on the main page for current rate information.
Must our library retain its print subscription to gain electronic access? What about multiple libraries on the same campus?
We are only able to offer liberal electronic access at no additional cost when our subscribers agree to maintain their print subscriptions. If more than one library at your institution carries a print subscription to JAS, please confer with the librarians at the other libraries so that you do not duplicate the IP address ranges you submit on the IEAA. We allow access to a wide range of users, and we ask that in the case of multiple subscriptions at a single institution you coordinate the information you send us. For instance, if your university holds three subscriptions, it may be most advantageous for a central library to register IP addresses that would cover all authorized users except those using departmental libraries that also subscribe to the print version. The smaller departmental libraries would then register the IP addresses that govern only those libraries.
What about requesting electronic access through subscription agents?
We are working with subscription agents to allow you to continue to place your subscription orders through them. The completed IEAA, which is required for electronic access, must come either directly from you or indirectly through a subscription agent.
If you receive your print journal subscriptions through any of the major freight-forwarding or consolidation services that agents provide, please indicate this on the IEAA.
What is the Institutional Electronic Access Agreement?
The IEAA details the terms and conditions of electronic access to JAS. Institutions are required to sign and return the IEAA before their electronic access will be activated.
What is an IP (Internet Protocol) address?
An IP address is the numeric address of a computer connected to the Internet. Every computer using the Internet must have a unique IP address (e.g.,128.92.337.18). IP addresses are not assigned randomly; a computer's IP address is based on the IP address of the local area network (LAN) through which it is connected.
Are there different levels of network IP addresses?
Yes. Each IP address on the Internet is composed of four sets of numbers, separated by periods. For subscription purposes, ASAS has identified which "classes" of IP addresses are currently acceptable.
What classes of IP addresses are currently acceptable?
It is likely that your institution has more than one Class C network.
If so, just list the Class C network numbers that you would like to have
included on your IEAA. If you need assistance with this, contact an
internal network administrator or information systems support group. The ASAS
is not able to identify the network addresses in use at your institution.
Class B registration is acceptable provided that all subnets are
restricted to authorized users (see below). Any subnets that allow
unrestricted public access outside the site are not eligible under the IEAA.
If a public access subnet's IP address is included in the range of
acceptable addresses, we require that these specific addresses be identified
on the IEAA.
Proxy servers are allowed under our current IEAA provided they serve authorized users only. Therefore, a proxy server that enables public access outside of the defined set of authorized users (as defined in the IEAA and described below) is prohibited. We ask that you identify any proxy servers when completing the IEAA so that we can track accurate usage statistics. Authorized users at home or who are traveling and those enrolled in an official distance education program may connect via telephone lines through a server operated by the licensee at the authorized site that accesses the Internet through the IP addresses registered by the licensee.
How do I complete the IP address section of the IEAA?
Indicate each IP address or IP address range on the lines provided in the IEAA. Please make sure you have correctly identified ALL needed IP addresses for your institution. Users on networks that are not registered will not have access to full-text JAS articles.
Who is allowed to access the full text?
For institutional subscribers, there is no limit on the number of authorized users from one campus at any given time. Subscribing institutions are expected to make all reasonable efforts to enable access only to authorized users: employees, faculty, staff, and students officially affiliated with the subscribing institution and authorized clients of the subscribing institution's library facilities. These authorized clients may include "walk-in" patrons who are not necessarily affiliated with the subscribing institution but who are using the library facilities.
Authorized users include persons affiliated with remote sites or campuses of the subscribing institution that are served by the subscribing institution's library. For academic institutions, an authorized site is a contiguous campus community or buildings located within the same city and reporting to the same administrative body. Branch campuses in other cities that hold a subscription to the printed version of JAS must retain their print subscriptions and register their IP ranges in order to gain electronic access to the online journal. For nonacademic institutions, sites are defined as geographically separate units.
May we download articles from the JAS Web site?
Yes. Authorized users can:
All subscriptions are for the calendar year. A subscription entitles subscribers to one calendar year's access to the current volume of the electronic journal and the JAS electronic archive.
What if we cancel our subscription?
Access to the article database is for the length of the agreement period only. There is no access to material after the agreement is terminated. However, you do have the right to download and store articles for future use while your subscription is active, and the institution itself is responsible for developing an archive of electronic files.